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I just made the worst impulse buy of my LIFE :(

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: eakers
suffering from shoppers remorse are we?
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Well, I was. But then I realized that I can pay something like $50 per paycheck and pay it off before the 6 months is up. 🙂 I also realized that there's no point taking them back. I needed this, a new HDD, and a new monitor to complete my dream system. And I have the HDD.

Now the only thing I have to change is the 17" (16" viewable) Sony Trinitron flatscreen to something around 23" viewable.

nik
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23" viewable? Such as?

Viper GTS
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IIRC, I was looking at monitors with you that were 22" and some that were 22.8" or something like that. 😕 I dunno, it's been a while. But still... if I have to settle for 22" I guess that's okay too 😉

nik
 
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I don't have to worry about making that impulse buy yet, because I live in an apartment with neighbors above and below me. 😀 I'll be contented with my pair of headphones until I buy a house, I suppose. That sad part is that I have a pair of 15's and a pair of JBL's out in the living room acting as furniture.
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I'm moving in less than a month 🙁
 
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I don't have to worry about making that impulse buy yet, because I live in an apartment with neighbors above and below me. 😀 I'll be contented with my pair of headphones until I buy a house, I suppose. That sad part is that I have a pair of 15's and a pair of JBL's out in the living room acting as furniture.
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I'm moving in less than a month 🙁
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Apartment? If you get the bottom floor, they probably won't be able to hear you as well. However you'll be able to hear them more. I'm thinking about lending my stuff to a buddy until I get a house. I bet UT2K3 is amazing with those, though.
 
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: eakers
suffering from shoppers remorse are we?
Click to expand...

Well, I was. But then I realized that I can pay something like $50 per paycheck and pay it off before the 6 months is up. 🙂 I also realized that there's no point taking them back. I needed this, a new HDD, and a new monitor to complete my dream system. And I have the HDD.

Now the only thing I have to change is the 17" (16" viewable) Sony Trinitron flatscreen to something around 23" viewable.

nik
Click to expand...

23" viewable? Such as?

Viper GTS
Click to expand...

IIRC, I was looking at monitors with you that were 22" and some that were 22.8" or something like that. 😕 I dunno, it's been a while. But still... if I have to settle for 22" I guess that's okay too 😉

nik
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All of the 21/22" monitors out there have 20" viewable image sizes.

If you want larger you need something like this, at 3x the cost.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: eakers
suffering from shoppers remorse are we?
Click to expand...

Well, I was. But then I realized that I can pay something like $50 per paycheck and pay it off before the 6 months is up. 🙂 I also realized that there's no point taking them back. I needed this, a new HDD, and a new monitor to complete my dream system. And I have the HDD.

Now the only thing I have to change is the 17" (16" viewable) Sony Trinitron flatscreen to something around 23" viewable.

nik
Click to expand...

23" viewable? Such as?

Viper GTS
Click to expand...

IIRC, I was looking at monitors with you that were 22" and some that were 22.8" or something like that. 😕 I dunno, it's been a while. But still... if I have to settle for 22" I guess that's okay too 😉

nik
Click to expand...

All of the 21/22" monitors out there have 20" viewable image sizes.

If you want larger you need something like this, at 3x the cost.

Viper GTS
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Well there ya go. That's what I'll save for then.

nik
 
I got you beat. I walked into Fry's three weeks ago for a vacuum cleaner and walked out with a 65" HDTV.

I'm really bad about impulse buys.
 
One thing I forgot to do...

/me opens Winamp

/me double-clicks "Five For Fighting: Superman"

:Q

MY MILK IS SHAKING ALL THE HELL OVER THE PLACE ON MY DESK!!! :Q
 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

The snares on my drumset at the edge of the room are rattling - sounds like a drumroll 😀 😀 😀

/me shuts off snare

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! :Q :Q :Q
 
Nice speakers, Nik! [Vader]Welcome, to the Klipsch Side![/Vader] I have the 4.1s. I have heard all the brands out there and I like the Klipsch PMs' the best, by far. You've also got a handy line in for plugging in a portable MP3 player and a handy headphone jack for those 2:00AM gaming sessions after the GF has fallen asleep. 🙂

I think the PMs are the best PC speakers out there. You can get really nice sound out of them, as you've already found out w/your Techno tunes! 🙂 Congrats and have fun seeing "just how loud these damn things go!" Your ears will give out before the speakers do. 😀
 
Yeah, I know. I had to clean up a full glass of milk earlier. Of course, it was sitting on the desk right above the sub and the sub volume was only 10 (out of 15) and the system volume was only 46 (out of 80)

😀

nik (listening to Taking Care of Business on the A Knights Tale soundtrack)

nik
 
those are some nice speakers!

I just made an impulse buy as well, though not quite as big.

I bought an 80 GB hard drive for $110.

I was pissed off b/c I keep getting the low hard disk space warning with my 40gb, so I decided to add a 2nd drive to address the issue
 
you think thats a bad impulse buy...last night I ordered $700 worth of PC Hardware! A new black aluminum case, new p4 2.53ghz cpu, 512MB DDR400 memory, and a new Gigabyte motherboard. But its okay I've wanted to order new stuff for the past year since my system is getting dated.
 
Originally posted by: fatalbert
those are some nice speakers!

I just made an impulse buy as well, though not quite as big.

I bought an 80 GB hard drive for $110.

I was pissed off b/c I keep getting the low hard disk space warning with my 40gb, so I decided to add a 2nd drive to address the issue
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I did that exact impulse buy two weeks ago. I still haven't installed it 😀

Oh... btw... I just turned them way up and went into the house (I live in the garage - long story) and removed an airconditioner from my mom's room window... listening to music at the same volume as I would have been with my old system if I were standing right next to them :Q And at better quality, too.

it boggles my mind.... :confuse;

nik
 
/me sings "The boys are back in town.... the boys are back in town..... nyaaaa nya nya nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nya ... nya nya nya nyaaaa nyaaaaaaaaa"

😀 😀 😀
 
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